Thursday, December 4, 2014

Composition Book Check for Term 2 - December 11/12


Composition Book Check 

1. Under Editing Reminders for Me: Tape In -- Practically Perfect Paragraphs and Essays

2. Paragraph:  Goals for Second Term

3. Copied Sentence: 
Before I do anything else, I need to go back over everything that has happened this summer: the Big
Mistake, the old man, the book, the lamp, the telescope, and this box, which started it all.
-- Wendy Mass, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life (2006)

4. Paragraph:  Should children twelve and up be allowed to vote?

5. Paragraph:  What does compassion look like at school? 

6. Chart for Elements of Literature 

7. Types of Supporting Details

8. Paragraph: Thanksgiving -- Citing a quotation

9. Chart for Characters from the Outsiders

10: Rubric for Informational Writing -- translated by you into student-friendly language

11. Paragraph:   
"It is easier for someone who is poor to be a good person."
                or
          "It is easier for someone who is rich to be a good person."